Seeding-machine.



No. 848,790. I PATENTED APR. 2, 1907. L. E. WATBRMAN.

SBEDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 19, 1907.

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Wit" mus NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEWIS E. WATERMAN, OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO EMERSONMANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, A CORPORA- TION OFILLINOIS.

SEEDING-IVIACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. April 2, 1907.

To all 1072/0171, it puny concern.-

Be it known that I, LEWIS E. WATERMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Rockford, in the county of Winnebago and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Seeding-Idachines,of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to construct a seeding-machine on thegeneral principles as shown in my Patent No. 844,429, grantedFebruary'19, 1907.

The difference between this application and my patent above referred torests in the employment of a hand-lever for adjustingtheshovel-supporting frame in its connection with the plow-support andin the manner of holding the shovel-supporting frame from lateralmovement, which will not interfere with the vertical movements thereof.

In the accompanying drawings, Figures 1 and 2 are perspective views ofmy improved seeding-machine as seen from opposite sides. The main framecomprises the axle l, supporting-wheels 2, frame 3, supported by theaxle, tongue 4, connected to the frame 3, seeding mechanism 5, supportedby the frame and driven through the axle, and a seat 6, supported at therear end of the frame.

A support or sleeve 7 is connected with the frame 3 in any suitablemanner. Aplow support or standard 8 is slidably mounted in the sleeve 7to move vertically therein. To the lower end of the standard 8 isconnected a plow 9.

A toothed segment 10 is fixedly connected to the upper end of thestandard 8, and a hand-lever 11 is pivotally supported by the standardand provided with the usual dog engagement with the toothed segment 10.An arm 12 extends laterally from the hand lever 11, and a link 13connects the arm with the upper end of the standard. By means of thistoothed segment and hand-lever the standard can be raised and loweredand held in its adjusted position.

To the lower portion of the standard is pivotally connected a frame 14,supporting covering-shovels 15.

To the upper portion of the standard is fixedly connected a toothedsegment 16, and a hand-lever 17 has a pivotal connection with thestandard and is provided with the usual dog for engagement with thetoothed segment.

A projection 18 extends laterally from the hand-lever, to the free endof which is connected a rod 19. The lower end of the rod is pivotallyconnected with the shovel-supporting frame.

By means of the hand-lever 17 and its connection with the shovel-supporting frame the shovel can be adjusted vertically and held whenadjusted so that by operating the hand-lever 11 the plow andcovering-shovels will be raised and lowered in unison.

An extension 20 is connected to the seatsupport 21 and depends betweenthe side bars of the covering-shovel-supporting frame.

To the side bars of the covering-shovelsupporting frame is pivoted across-bar 22, to the center of which is connected a rod 23, which passesthrough an eye 24, extending from the extension 20. From the rear faceof the cross-bar 22 extend two arms 25, one located each side of theextension 20 and closely fitting against it.

As the arm extension 20 is rigid with the v frame 3 and the arms 25embrace it on either side, a connection is formed between theshovel-supporting frame and the frame 3, which will hold theshovel-supporting frame from lateral movement. The eye 24 guides the rod23 and permits of a vertical movement of the rod through it. Thisconnection, in conjunction with the cross-bar 22, serves to hold the twoside bars of the shovelsupporting frame in a horizontal plane, so thatthere will be no twisting action.

I claim as my invention 1. I11 a seeding-machine the combination of amain frame, a plow-standard capable of a vertical movement in connectionwith the frame, a plow supported by the standard, means for raising andlowering the standard and holding it in its adjusted position, acovering-shovel-supporting frame pivotally connected with the standard,a toothed segment connected with the standard, a hand-lever for thetoothed segment, and a connection between the hand-lever andcovering-shovelsupporting frame.

2. In a seeding-machine, the combination of a main frame, acovering-shovel-supporting frame capable of a vertical movement, a bardepending from the main frame, a crossbar connecting the side bars ofthe shovelsupporting frame, two arms extending from the cross-bar andreceiving the bar between them, thereby forming a guide for theshovelsupporting frame in its vertical movements 1 the cross-bar, and aguide for the upper end and preventlng lateral movement of the i of therod permlttlng the rod to move ver- 10 shovel-supporting frame. tically.

3. In a seeding-machine the combination T of a main frame,- acoveririg-shovel-supportv LENVIS WATERMAB' ing frame capable of avertical movement, a i Witnesses: cross-bar connecting the side bars ofthe A. O. BEHEL, shovel-supporting frame, a rod connected to E. BEHEL.

